Anakin and Amidala stand before the small Council. Amidala is still weak, but
she stands with only a little support from Anakin.

MACE WINDU

Anakin Skywalker, the Council has need of you.

YODA

The will of the force, this is.

MACE WINDU

We want you to lead the attack on another cloning facility.

ANAKIN

Another one? I thought we destroyed all of them.

OBI WAN KENOBI

We found another one on Malaschu'Ckar.

AMIDALA

Don't go, Annie.

YODA

Choose you must, how to serve best your family.

MACE WINDU

The choice is yours, Anakin. Only you can make it.

ANAKIN

I'll go.

AMIDALA

No.

ANAKIN

If I don't, Luke may not have a future.

AMIDALA

So you're choosing the Jedi over me.

ANAKIN

Amidala-

AMIDALA

No, I understand.

Amidala coughs weakly, turns, and exits.

Anakin looks to the Jedi Masters for help, for advice.

MACE WINDU

You will leave at sundown.

CUT TO:

INT CORUSCANT - SKYWALKER RESIDENCE - BEDROOM - AFTERNOON

Amidala sobs on the bed, alone. The door slides open. Obi Wan enters. He
wears a somber expression, but his eyes are filled with compassion.

OBI WAN KENOBI

Amidala, I know it hurts. It hurts Anakin, too.

Obi Wan sits down on the edge of the bed.

AMIDALA

How could you know? How could you possibly know how I feel?

Obi Wan searches for the right words to say.

OBI WAN KENOBI

Because I made the same choice, many years ago. I chose the Jedi over my
family. I haven't seen my daughter since.

Amidala wipes her eyes and sits up. She looks at Obi Wan earnestly.

AMIDALA

You have a girl?

Obi Wan smiles sadly.

OBI WAN KENOBI

Her name is Danna Timri. Her
mother won't allow me to see her. She's probably about twenty now.

AMIDALA

I don't want to lose him.

OBI WAN KENOBI

He's made his choice.

Amidala dries her tears. She sets her face in a mask of determination.

AMIDALA

Take me back to Alderaan. I want to be with my children.

CUT TO:

INT IMPERIAL PALACE - HOLOCRON ROOM - SAME TIME

Anakin enters. Palpatine sits in meditation.

PALPATINE

Enter, my apprentice.

ANAKIN

Why did you do that to her? She didn't deserve that.

PALPATINE

She stood in the way.

ANAKIN

What right do you have to decide who lives and dies?

PALPATINE

I am Emperor.

ANAKIN

And that means you can arbitrarily decide if someone's life is worthless?

PALPATINE

With great power comes responsibility to use that power.

ANAKIN

Aurra Sing didn't deserve disintegration.

PALPATINE

Have you told the Jedi of your betrayal?

ANAKIN

They don't need to know.

PALPATINE

It will eat at you. It will destroy you.

Anakin paces, angry and frustrated.

ANAKIN

What do you want me to do?

PALPATINE

Embrace your anger. It will make you strong.

ANAKIN

Someone tried to kill Amidala.

PALPATINE

And yet you leave her.

ANAKIN

The Council wants me to lead an attack on a cloning facility.

PALPATINE

You destroyed all the cloning facilities.

ANAKIN

They found another one on Malaschu'Ckar.

Palpatine forces a tight smile.

PALPATINE

Very well.

CUT TO:

INT SITH COMPOUND - TRAINING ARENA - NIGHT

Palpatine enters the arena. All of the dark jedi bow in reverence. Darthine
Jez and Sajo Yex rise as Palpatine approaches them.

PALPATINE

Skywalker gravitates toward the Jedi. The Son of Skywalker must be brought to
me.

DARTHINE JEZ

I will get him.

PALPATINE

Go quickly. We have very little time before the Jedi attack Botham Caruz.

SAJO YEX

Shall I take my troops there?

PALPATINE

Send your warriors ahead. There are still seven Jedi Council members left
alive.

SAJO YEX

By dawn there will be none.

CUT TO:

EXT ALDERAAN - DAY

Obi Wan's ship approaches Alderaan.

OBI WAN KENOBI

(on comlink)

Lady Amidala Skywalker and Jedi escort request permission to land at the
Royal Palace.

FIGHTER

Permission granted.

INT ALDERAAN - ROYAL PALACE - NURSERY - CONTINUING

Amidala hurries into the nursery. She is still very weak. Shmi and Rabe
embrace her warmly. Luke lays on his back on a blanket. Amidala picks him up and
holds him tightly.

Tears fill her eyes as she holds her son.

SHMI SKYWALKER

When we heard what happened ...

RABE

We feared that you would never come back to us.

AMIDALA

I am still very sick. But I need to be with my babies.

Shmi pulls up a chair for Amidala.

AMIDALA

Where is Leia?

RABE

Amberle is coming.

Amberle Organa enters. She is mid-twenties, beautiful, but wears a sad smile.
She holds Leia close.

AMBERLE ORGANA

I had hoped that this day wouldn't come. Thank you. Thank you for letting me
have her. If only for a short time.

Amberle hands Leia back to Amidala. Tears stream down both of their cheeks.

AMIDALA

You can see her whenever you want. This is my home now.

CUT TO:

EXT CORUSCANT - NIGHT

The fleet of Jedi ships blasts away from the planet.

In their wake, Darthine Jez blasts her ship in the opposite direction,
towards Alderaan.

CUT TO:

INT JEDI TEMPLE - TRAINING ARENA - NIGHT

Vin Tiro wields a large staff. He whirls it over his head and all around.
Suddenly he looks around, sensing something.

VIN TIRO

I know you are here.

Sajo Yex steps out from behind a pillar.

SAJO YEX

And just what are you going to do about it?

VIN TIRO

A Sith? Here?

SAJO YEX

My reputation precedes me.

Vin Tiro picks up his lightsaber from his robe.

SAJO YEX

I had not expected you to be here. I was hoping to kill the little green ones
first.

Vin Tiro ignites his lightsaber.

VIN TIRO

You will not live another minute, dark spawn. I swear it.

SAJO YEX

You and what army? I have mine.

A dozen dark Jedi appear around the arena. In the shadows, a dozen more
skitter in and out of vision.

SAJO YEX

I have you. They have the green ones.

Vin Tiro attacks.

CUT TO:

INT ALDERAAN - ROYAL PALACE - BEDROOM - NIGHT

Darthine Jez slips into the room. A cradle sits next to the bed. She pulls
her Chakram out. The soft moonlight glints off the polished blade. She creeps
toward the cradle.

Soft breathing from both the bed and the cradle is the only noise in the
room. Darthine looks to the bed. Long dark hair covers the sleeper's face.

Darthine lifts her Chakram high above the sleeper.

DARTHINE JEZ

(softly)

Goodbye Amidala.

She slashes down. The sleeper erupts into action, rolling off the bed. She
pulls a blaster and fires at Darthine Jez, narrowly missing her.

She stands up and tosses the hair back from her face - it is Rabe.

RABE

Obi Wan!

Darthine grabs the sleeper in the crib. The canine puppy yelps at being
picked up so abruptly. Darthine angrily tosses the puppy onto the bed.

Rabe fires again, clipping Darthine in the shoulder. She pulls out her
lightsaber and hisses at Rabe.

Obi Wan Kenobi throws open the door and races in. He ignites his lightsaber
and slashes down at Darthine Jez. She easily parries. With the force, she throws
open the window. One more quick exchange of blows with Obi Wan, then she leaps
out the window and disappears into the shadows.

RABE

Who was that?

OBI WAN KENOBI

A Sith warrior. As I suspected, the Emperor is after Anakin's children.

RABE

What do we do now?

OBI WAN KENOBI

I think I know where to hide Luke.

CUT TO:

INT JEDI TEMPLE - COUNCIL CHAMBER - NIGHT

Dark Jedi burst open the doors and rush in. They stop as they see no one
there.

The doors slam behind them.

YODA (O.S.)

Hard to see the dark side is.

YADDLE (O.S.)

But harder to see for the dark side are we.

The floor trembles beneath the dark jedi. They look around for their enemies,
but cannot see them.

The floor melts beneath their feet, swallowing them up. They scream in
terror. Silence.

Yoda and Yaddle emerge from behind a chair.

YADDLE

Many more, are there.

YODA

Time to go, it is. Come.

CUT TO:

INT JEDI TEMPLE - TRAINING ARENA - CONTINUING

Vin Tiro and Sajo Yex clash in a whirlwind of blows. They trade blows
equally. Vin Tiro appears to have a slight advantage, being unencumbered by
armor.

SAJO YEX

You hear the screams? You're all that's left.

Vin Tiro reaches out with the force.

VIN TIRO

So are you.

INT JEDI TEMPLE - HANGAR - CONTINUING

Yoda and Yaddle hurry as fast as their short legs will take them. Their ship
waits just a few meters away.

Dark Jedi burst into the hangar. They wield blasters as well as lightsabers.

From the opposite side of the hangar, more dark jedi approach.

YADDLE

Surrounded we are.

Yoda concentrates and lifts a starfighter and hurls it at the approaching
jedi. They scatter, but two of them get caught beneath the ship, crushing them.

YODA

Come. Hurry.

A blast tears up the floor of the hangar beneath Yoda. He flies through the
air and crashes to the floor. He picks himself up slowly. Blood trickles down
his head.

YADDLE

Go. I will stay.

YODA

May the force be with you, my friend Yaddle.

Yaddle throws the approaching dark jedi backwards with a wave of her hand.
She pulls out her small lightsaber.

Yoda climbs into the small fighter and buckles in. The fighter lifts off and
races out of the hangar.

The dark jedi overwhelm Yaddle like an insidious black wave. She disappears
into the force as she is cut down.